The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1887-06-10
FRENCH SM UGGL Frs.
Remarkable Experiments to
E:vade the Custom Laws.
Some ShreWd Devices Which Have Not
Been Surpassed Anywhere.

AT one Of the Paris barriers there ex-
lists museum Of contrivances used for
the smuggling Of liquors il TIE city,
which have been captured 81 various oc-
casions by the employs Of TIE octroi.
Here are piles Of common white plates,
the top Of which, d being lifted of,
shows 4 cylinder 81 tin piercing the re-
mainder Of the pie. Here are rolls Of
linen which are merely few yardsof
stuff wrapped around / lin box fashioned
to the requisite shape, and with ends
artisticallY finished Of with strips Of
linen SET on end,
Here are two great blocks Of stone
that on close Inspection prove 70 Sc tin
lined boxes with artistically 8 =
Hero are three stout folio volun g r0und
- calf and labeled 'The Philosokhy of
Nations. With these books under his
arm, i pale, interesting looking young
student used to wander forth into the
suburbs to pursue his studios. One day
an inquisitiYe Custom house officer,
grown suspicious from the fact that the
youth always carried out the same books
to study, insisted on opening one Of
these volumes. He found that the
leaves had been nicely cut away with a
sharp knife to afford a secret niche for a
square case bottle, which was filed with
brandy, asimilar continuance existing in
each of the other two books. 4 Z
But the cleverest trick Of all was the
one which was very complicated and
costly in. its details, but which must
have paid handsomely, as it was carried
on for months without detection. A
lady ard gentleman seated in plain,
respectable looking coupe, drawn by a
good horse and driven by coachman in
livery, were wont to drive out to the
Boise de Boulogne every afternoon, re-
turning usually about dusk The gen..
tleman was evidently an invalid. He
was always enveloped5 in a. fur-lined
cloak with the collar raised around his
throat, and had cap pulled down over
his brows, while the little that could be
seen Of his countenance was Of sickly
pallor: He was always reclining in a
corner of the carriage, as if too feeble to
sit erect while his attractive wife sat
beside him, evidently solicitous Of his
weifare, being especially careful to keep
his cloak wrapped around him. Tho
guardians of the octroi saw the vehicle
and its inmates pass by them without
suspicion. j.. 49,. u4. g.
One day, however, after making the
usual inquiry, III ave you any thing to
disclose 2" the Cu stom- house officer, on
closing the door struck the supposed in
valid's foot. i IL
"Ibeg your pardon, sir,'' said the Off
Ger. ::
No response--not so much as an incli-
nation of the head. Rather surprised,
the officer repeated his remark in loud
er tone, at the same: time touching the
sick mans shoulder. At that moment
the lady and coachman leaped from their
places and fed with surprising swiftness,
leaving in the hands of the officers the
carriage and the invalid, which last was
found to be made Of finland filled with
brandy-his face being most artistically
constructed in wax. The spaces under
1.-THE seat Of the coupe and the coach
mans box were also reservoirs Of. tin, SO
that the smuggling transaction Of the
party had been practiced on very ex--
tensive scale.-[London Tid-Bits. nj